DataDirect driver manager search behavior for configuration files

The default behavior of the DataDirect driver manager is to search certain places in sequence to locate the two ODBC configuration files.

The DataDirect driver manager searches for files as follows:
  1. The driver manager first searches the home directory of the current user for the odbcinst.ini and odbc.ini non-hidden files. If the two files exist as hidden files in the home directory of the user, the driver manager ignores them.
  2. If the driver manager does not find non-hidden configuration files in the home directory of the user, it next searches the /etc directory for the odbcinst.ini and odbc.ini non-hidden files. If the two configuration files exist as hidden files in the /etc directory, the driver manager ignores them.